''Solo'' is a 2011

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romantic

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film written and directed by

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. The film features

Nara Rohit Nara Rohit (born 25 July 1984) is an Indian actor and producer works in Telugu films. An alumnus of New York Film Academy, Rohit is known for works such as ''Baanam'' (2009), ''Solo'' (2011), ''Prathinidhi'' (2014), ''Rowdy Fellow'' (2014), ''A ...

and

Nisha Aggarwal Nisha Aggarwal is a former Indian actress and model who appeared in Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil films. She is the younger sister of actress Kajal Aggarwal. Early life Aggarwal was born and brought up in a Punjabi family settled in Mumbai (pre ...

in the lead roles. The film featured music by

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. It was remade in Oriya as ''

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'' with

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and

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Cast

as Gautham *

as Vaishnavi *

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as Raghupathi Naidu, Vaishnavi's father *

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as Vishwanath, Ravi's father *

Jayasudha Jayasudha Kapoor (born Sujatha Nidudavolu) is an Indian actress and politician known for her works predominantly in Telugu cinema. She has also worked in few Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi films. Known as natural actress, she received fiv ...

as Vaishnavi's aunt *

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as James Cameron *

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as Gautham's friend *

Rao Ramesh Raavu Ramesh Rao (born 25 May 1968) is an Indian actor known for his works primarily in Telugu cinema, Telugu theatre, and television. He is the son of veteran actor Rao Gopal Rao. Rao Ramesh initially appeared in ''Seema Simham'' (2002), ''Okk ...

as Gautham's foster uncle cum boss *

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as Dharma * Vishnuvardhan as Vishnu, Gautham's friend *

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as Ravi, Vaishnavi's would-be * Swapnika as Vaishnavi's friend *

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as Vaishnavi's mother * Praveen *

Gundu Sudarshan Gundu Sudarshan (born Surampudi Sudarshan Rao) is an Indian comedian and actor who works in Telugu films. He acted in more than 350 films. He also has stage experience from the age of 10. He entered the film industry with ''Mister Pellam'' in ...

* Ranganath *

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Satellite rights

The satellite rights of the film were acquired by

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for 8.75 crore. The film opened to mixed reviews and became an average grosser at box-office.

Soundtrack

The music for the movie was composed by

. The audio was released in

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

on 22 October 2011 by

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and Released on

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References

External links

* {{Parasuram 2011 films Indian drama films 2010s Telugu-language films Films scored by Mani Sharma Telugu films remade in other languages 2011 drama films Films directed by Parasuram